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On 18 June 2026, the Second Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Case C-232/25, which shed light on a doctrine supplementing the Court’s case law with regard to the jurisdiction of courts of the state in which a harmful event violating personality rights occurred, as established under Article 7(2) of the Brussels I-bis Regulation. In the case at hand, a former Polish soldier (Z.R.) and a Polish association of veterans (Światowy Związek Żołnierzy AK) sued two German co-producers, ZDF and UFA Fiction, following the broadcast of a series on...

In its judgment of 12 May 2026, in Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd v. Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its first interpretation of Article 15 of Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (DSM) Copyright Directive. More specifically, the CJEU examined whether the Italian implementation of the press publishers' neighbouring right – introduced through Article 43-bis of the Italian Copyright Act (Law No. 633/1941) – is compatible with EU law. The proceedings...

In three decisions delivered in March and April 2026, the Hungarian Constitutional Court further developed its jurisprudence on the relationship between freedom of expression, electoral fairness and the constitutional role of public service media during election campaigns, particularly regarding social media platforms operated by public service media organisations. The cases arose from judicial review proceedings before the Kúria (the Supreme Court of Hungary) concerning decisions of the National Election Commission (Nemzeti Választási Bizottság - NVB) and focused...

On 16 April 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in Case C-496/24 Stichting de Thuiskopie, which concerns the interpretation of Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/29 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (InfoSoc Directive). In this judgment, the Court of Justice clarified the scope of the private copying exception in relation to offline streaming copies provided in the...

The Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) adopted Resolution No. 102/26/CONS of 29 April 2026, establishing the updated regulatory framework governing the transmission of events deemed to be of major importance for society. Following the transposition into Italian law of Directive (EU) 2018/1808, the Italian legislature entrusted the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT), acting in consultation with AGCOM, with the competence to adopt the list of events of major importance for society and events of social or significant public interest. At the same time, AGCOM was entrusted...